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What's the best practice for installing/upgrading/uninstalling packages that are compiled from source? How do I keep track of all installed files and upgrade/remove them as necessary without littering all over the place. I'm running 18.04 LTS.

I looked into checkinstall, but this answer suggests it's not recommended due to security risks and the package seems lack of maintenance too.

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    Keep a calendar and good compile/install notes. You seem to be describing the maintenance nightmare that led to the original development of software packages and package manager and distros 20 years ago. – user535733 Apr 14 '20 at 19:09

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